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Palacio de Anaya

The Palacio de Anaya, opposite the cathedral complex of Salamanca, is an 18th-century Neoclassical building that today houses the Faculty of Philology of the University of Salamanca. Its main façade has a large portico with four columns topped by a pediment, a flight of steps and a heraldic coat of arms at the very top; the ten windows on the lower floor have grilles and there are another ten balconies on the upper floor. Inside, the imperial staircase is one of its most outstanding features, along with a bust of Miguel de Unamuno made by Victorio Macho in 1930. The complex includes the Hospedería de Anaya, the work of Joaquín Churriguera (1715), which is now used for classrooms and offices and whose former stables house the Faculty cafeteria, as well as the Baroque church of San Sebastián, the former chapel of the college and now a parish of the Cathedral. The building was the seat of the first documented colegio mayor in the Iberian Peninsula, founded in 1401 by Diego de Anaya Maldonado, and from 1927 it regained its academic function.

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Source: facultadfilologia.usal.es